National Bible Week, Nov. 21-27

This years Chairman of National Bible Week is encouraging everyone not only to read the Bible during the eight days of the celebration which runs from November 21-28, but also consistently throughout the next year.

The Bible is Gods gift to us, His children, as an everlasting means of affirming truth. It is teacher and encourager, an expression of purpose for our very being, and a voice of love, said Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., President of the John Templeton Foundation, Chairman of National Bible Week.

Each year a nationally known individual from either the professional or corporate sector volunteers to serve as Chairman of this week-long celebration of the importance of the Bible in our nations life and culture, according to National Bible Association (NBA), a group of business and professional leaders, which sponsors the observation.

National Bible Week, which was first observed in 1941 to offer the nation a source of comfort and hope in the dark days when Europe was engulfed in World War II, according to an NBA press release, is held from Sunday to Sunday of Thanksgiving Week.

For more information on National Bible Week, visit www.nationalbible.org.